SF Bay seen from 400 mi away (World-View3 satellite)

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    1. Those runways at the top right of the first photo are where many Mythbusters experiments were filmed.

    2. You know, this is def the best possible vantage to show the beauty of SF. Good thing they didn’t zoom too much on the Tenderloin

    3. ProBuyer810-3345045 on

      Wow, Alcatraz is so tiny, you can really get a good feel for how much water separates the island from the mainland.

    4. This must be color corrected, because I don’t remember San Francisco resembling a modded Cities Skyline savegame.

    5. pyrotechnicmonkey on

      It’s honestly kind of funny how embarrassingly long it took me to learn that satellites can in fact view things from the side and you’re not limited to a strictly straight down POV. I blame it Google maps

    6. In the first photo, see that little triangle at the bottom edge of that former airport on the upper right side? That’s part of San Francisco. In the East Bay.

    7. Enjoy_The_Silence__ on

      You have to take the photo from that far away so you don’t notice all the homeless people shitting on the streets

    8. Personally, a major way I judge a photograph is based on how easy it is to reproduce. There are many other factors, but reproducibility is a major one.

      While the photo can be reproduced, there are so few people who have access to the equipment to be able to do it.

      Long way of saying that beyond it being interesting, it is great photography.

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